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How to use like in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun, adjective

Like means to enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. Example: “I like reading books.”

Examples of like by meaning

verbTo enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.

  • I like reading books.
  • I very much like hamburgers.
  • I like skiing in winter very much.

verbTo prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.

  • I like to go to the dentist every six months.
  • She likes to keep herself physically fit.
  • We like to keep one around the office just in case.

verbTo find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.

  • I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.
  • ― Enju: “Apparently when you like someone, you start talking like them.”2016 December 19, Moe! Ninja Girls, Japan: NTT Solmare, iOS, Android, scene: Season 1, Enju Ending
  • I was dating someone I liked, but not enough to marry.2026 April 22, Jillian Sanders, “The Danger of Surrendering Your Financial Independence in a Relationship”, in TIME, archived from the...

verbTo want, desire. See also would like.

  • Would you like a cigarette?
  • We could go to the museum if you like.
  • I don't like to disturb him when he's working.

verbTo show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.

  • I liked my friend's last status on Facebook.
  • I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition.
  • Don't forget to like and subscribe.2021, Adam McKay, Don't Look Up, spoken by Jason Orlean (Jonah Hill)

verbTo be prone to.

  • Too bad this cheese likes to stick to the pan and ruin the whole meal.

verbOf a computer or other system: to tolerate as an input; to accept.

  • This self-service checkout doesn't seem to like my credit card.
  • We were frustrated that our seeming innocent choice for a team name was rejected by the game. Apparently somewhere in the name is a word that the algorithm doesn’t like.
  • email delivery failed: remote host does not like recipient

verbTo come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.

  • He liked to have been too late.

More sentences with like

  • After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.From the entry nonsense
  • I'd like to see someone pie the chairman of the board.From the entry pie
  • I like to stay informed about current events by reading the newspaper daily.From the entry current events
  • He'd like to play the red next to the black spot, but that shot isn't on.From the entry on
  • The youth of today have never known what life is like without a cell phone.From the entry today
  • I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.From the entry the
  • Sorry to spring it on you like this but I've been offered another job.From the entry spring
  • My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other."From the entry one
  • He was here just a bit ago, but it looks like he's stepped out.From the entry bit
  • At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.From the entry point
  • She did it all on her own like a big girl.From the entry big
  • The period immediately following my divorce seemed like the end of my world.From the entry world
  • The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her!From the entry take
  • Looks like it's gonna take a taller person to get that down.From the entry take
  • Also common are languages, like Latin, with a three-way distinction (proximal, medial and distal).From the entry also
  • What kind of drink would you like? We have soft drinks and hard drinks.From the entry drink
  • The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.From the entry kill
  • You look like someone drug you behind a horse for half a mile.From the entry drug
  • I'd like to continue my story, but here is where I must stop.From the entry here
  • He seems like too timid a man to fill the pulpit at such a large church.From the entry pulpit

Meaning of like

  1. verb To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
  2. verb To please (same meaning as above but with subject and object reversed).
  3. verb To derive pleasure [with of or by or with ‘from someone or something’].

Full definition of like

Questions about like in a sentence

How do you use like in a sentence?
Like is used as a verb, noun and adjective. For example: “I like reading books.”
What is a short sentence with like?
“I like reading books.”
What does like mean?
Like means to enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: like (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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